Magnet schools.A new report by researchers at Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; chartered 1872 as Central Univ. of Methodist Episcopal Church, founded and renamed 1873, opened 1875 through a gift from Cornelius Vanderbilt. Until 1914 it operated under the auspices of the Methodist Church. explores the question of whether magnet schools magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. lead to improved student achievement by comparing the reading and math scores of magnet and non-magnet middle school students in a racially mixed urban school district. Controlling for bias, the authors, Dale Ballou Ballou could refer to: Places
Ellen Goldring's received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1985. Her research interests reside in two main areas. and Keke Liu, found no significant differences in achievement between magnet and non-magnet school students. To read the full paper, visit www. ncspe.org/list-papers.php. |
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